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Originally Posted by Michael Davis
Congrats, man. Nice feeling.
Thanks dude
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Originally Posted by mutigers
congrats man
in other news bar prep sucks but i have decided to go the solo route with my mom. i think it is a good spot she shares the office with some other solos and they have a lot more work than they can keep up with and only one of them does criminal stuff and apparently he hates it and just talked to him and he said he would be thrilled to pass on any criminal stuff to me. i wanted to do criminal defense so i think this will work out very nicely and the mentorships should ease some of the anxiety or going this route. one of the guys does worker's comp and he is a really great lawyer but super well known and has too many cases/too much money to care about the smaller case. i really thought worker's comp was boring as hell in law school but i'm definitely not above doing a lot of those cases to get me started and get some money in to build. they all thought advertising at the local high school football games and whatnot would be a really good idea too so i guess i'll try that and see how it goes
my property professor did not teach us ****. his tests were kind of hilarious he gave us like 3 hours to do like 6 questions and most of them had 250 word limits and the big "essay" at the end was limited to 500 words. i will say that i wish we would have had more closed book essay tests I only had like 2 in all of law school which is really hurting me on this bar prep stuff i'm not that used to memorizing the rules so perfectly
You're doing the right thing imo. As always, shoot me a pm w/questions. It's not as scary and daunting as it seems, promise.
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what I find truly incredible is that you got a 24 page opinion within days of a hearing. In New York that would take 14 months.
I know, right? I was shocked as well. This was expedited and Judge/clerk apparently stayed till 10 pm both nights getting it cranked out. Went through all 24 factors individually which took tons of space.
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This is really like the only situation where I would suggest hanging up your own shingle right out of law school. Close family relative or friend who can mentor you and take on a majority of overhead expenses until you get a regular client base/flow of work.
As always, "it depends". Going solo isn't as crazy as it sounds, especially if you begin to plan for it in advance. But I agree, having a family member who can essentially guarantee you won't starve is a huge advantage
Edit: Cohiba, I may be completely off here, but didn't you say your father is a lawyer? Do you have any intentions of going solo or are you planning on working for him? Or, trying to go biglaw or gov or something? I may be confusing you with someone, which if I am, apologies in advance